Viewing Gliese 581c with a Telescope
25 April 2007Due to Gliese's size and distance (20.40 light years away), it isn't visible with the naked eye. But for you astronomers out there with telescopes, here's some information compliments of http://www.sky-map.org.
Sky Map is a great (and free) star catalog, especially if you haven't invested in expensive astronomy software!
The Data:
Constellation: Libra
Right ascension: 15h19m27.51s
Declination: -07°43'19.4"
Apparent magnitude: 10.621
Distance: 6.269 parsecs
Proper motion RA: 0
Proper motion Dec: 0
B-T magnitude: 12.086
V-T magnitude: 10.742
Search for more at:
http://server1.sky-map.org/starview?object_type=1&object_id=1407267
If you're interested, there's also a great conversation going on over at www.sciencechatforum.com. Marshall, one of the moderators posted this about Gliese 581 c:
"AND ITS REAL EASY TO FIND IF YOU CAN SPOT SCORPIO because it is right by scorpio's head where his antennas would be pointing.
Scorpio is an easy thing to spot because it has this question mark fishhook of a tail. And the head is 4 stars with three stars kind of fanning out from the fourth. Like a 3-finger boyscout salute. This three-prong or "trident" head points directly at the Libra patch of sky.
which is where GLIESE 581 resides, with its warm wet planet. Whose year is only thirteen of our days long."
You can view the entire thread here: http://www.sciencechatforum.com/bulletin/viewtopic.php?p=44849&sid=0b020bc6850f675179e205658fc73f9d.
Good luck astronomers!! And Happy tracking! 
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